Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2022-23 Season Part 3: Drop the puck!
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How has Kuznetsov been the worst player on the ice the last 2 games but he remains 1C while Strome, the teams actual best center is 4C/healthy scratch. The winger pairings are actually fine just put Strome on Ovechkin’s line, Kuznetsov with Mantha, and Dowd back with Hathaway. Not that complicated.
only been said like 1,000 times already but keep Backstrom and Wilson together for the sake of the other lines and it all gets easier. Tag Mantha to them since he played a lot with Backstrom. Then you get Ovi-Strome-Sheary back together. Milano-Kuz-Oshie had some okay moments. Then you can stick one of eller or mojo with Dowd-Hath. How has this thought process and logic not found its way through the coaching staff yet when like everyone here and on twitter has basically posted the same combos?
It's like they're still looking for the right mix but you can get the right mix through basic process of elimination!
It's like they're still looking for the right mix but you can get the right mix through basic process of elimination!
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Seems obvious they don’t see that as the longterm solution, so they’re searching.
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Strome has been terrific…what is happening? These lines are absolutely crap.
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Speculation: - Elias Pettersson will want out of Vancouver (Russo of the Athletic)
Michael Russo of the Athletic reported that Pettersson is going to want to move on, and that “there is some behind-the-scenes stuff that will make him go elsewhere.” Source (Reddit which links the Spotify link):
get on that GMBM….Kuzy/Mantha++ for Pettersson+…..
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They can still do it for the short term to get them up to game speed and separate them during practice reps. Wilson was awful the other night and Backstrom is at the very least rusty.
No reason to be dropping points to gift players slots, right?
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can’t gift players slots who have already earned them and are paid massively for them. You have to integrate them.
I like the line tinkering…..it’s a long season. It was getting too quiet here with minimal complaints due to winning anyways…..
Kuzy on first line again eh.... reminds me of where my wife works. The dumber you are and the less you do the more opportunities you get. And here i thought it was just her company.
Strome on 4th line? is it too late to fire everyone?
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Posting again but it really is just baffling to think that Strome could potentially be on the 4th line (as a wing) or healthy scratched when he is legitimately their best center. And that they haven’t put him back with Ovechkin and Sheary after those 3 were dynamite together and now look awful with 92 in between them.
Hopefully they put Strome in between Mantha and Oshie tomorrow and put Dowd where Eller was in practice. Seems like common sense but this would be ridiculous.
Hopefully they put Strome in between Mantha and Oshie tomorrow and put Dowd where Eller was in practice. Seems like common sense but this would be ridiculous.
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you absolutely can, what happened to "produce and play"?can’t gift players slots who have already earned them and are paid massively for them. You have to integrate them.
I like the line tinkering…..it’s a long season. It was getting too quiet here with minimal complaints due to winning anyways…..
Doing it for a return game made some sense, it's a moment. Continuing to do it when they haven't exactly hit the ground running is goofy. Backstrom should be the NHL poster child for load management right now anyway with his procedure, personally not even sure I'd play him every game right now let alone basically just chucking him where he used to be.
like... you don't think Strome has earned a little more than Kuznetsov at the moment? Why is a past contract at all a consideration when the guy isn't playing at his value anyway? Yes, you obviously want your best paid players playing best... but sometimes they just don't and you don't need to shoot yourself in the collective foot trying to get them in gear.
Shit, especially when Ovechkin and Kuznetsov just don't work anymore anyway.
I saw this online earlier and it made me sick
Lines at practice today:
Ovechkin - Kuzy - Sheary/Kubel alternating
Milano - Backstrom - Wilson
Oshie - Dowd - Mantha
Mojo/Strome alternating - Eller - Hathaway
Lines at practice today:
Ovechkin - Kuzy - Sheary/Kubel alternating
Milano - Backstrom - Wilson
Oshie - Dowd - Mantha
Mojo/Strome alternating - Eller - Hathaway
Work through it differently than those practice lines haha
Man Lavy is terrible at making lines.
He made getting Backstrom and Wilson back a bad thing.
He made getting Backstrom and Wilson back a bad thing.
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They're trying things out since they're now 3pts out of 2nd in the division and 5pts clear in the wild card.
If they lose the ground they've gained and threaten to fall out of a playoff spot look for the lines to revert to something closer to what we had in December.
If they lose the ground they've gained and threaten to fall out of a playoff spot look for the lines to revert to something closer to what we had in December.
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Like, a f**k ton of drugs, and some hallucinogenics…
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